WEBVTT LUE ASH THE SONS ARE IN SCHOOL ON THEWEST SIDE.THEIR FATHER WORKS IN THE AREATHEIR MOTHER, ORIGINALLYDETAINED BY ICE IN 2015 UNDEROBAMA ADMINISTRATION GUIDELINES,WAS SENT FROM THE COUNTRYSATURDAY NIGHT WITHOUT, HERATTORNEY SAYS, A FULLEXPLANATION.THIS IS KHOUDIEDIA NIANGHANE INBRIGHTER DAYS.TWENTY YEARS IN AMERICA,DEPORTED TO SENEGAL A FEW DAYSAGO.HER TWENTY-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WASBEARING UP WELL AS SHE RELATEDHER MOTHER'S STORY.UNTIL WE ASKED HOW HER YOUNGERSIBLINGS, NOW TEENAGERS, WEREHANDLING IT.BAKARY TURNED THIRTEEN RIGHT ASHIS MOTHER, A NON-CITIZEN, WASDEPORTED.SAYS HE AND MUSTAFA TRY TO NOTDWELL ON IT.BAKARY IS A SEVENTH-GRADER ATDATER WHERE HE SPOKE WITH USABOUT A PHONE CALL.>> SHE'S DOING FINE.WE TALKED ABOUT OUR PLANS OFGOING TO VISIT HER AND WE THINK, WE ASKING EVERYBODY TO FORGIVEHER AND PRAY FOR HER.JOHN: KHOUDIEDIA DOESN'T SPEAKENGLISH, CANNOT READ OR WRITEAND WHEN SHE MISSED A COURT DATEREGARDING HER IMMIGRATIONPAPERS, ICE WAS LEGALLY ABLE TODETAIN AND DEPORT HER.IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY DOUGLASWIEGLE SAYS HE WAS TOLD WITH NOELABORATION BY A LAWYER FOR ICESHE WAS CONSIDERED A PRIORITY.QUOTING WIEGLE, I'VE DONE THISFOR FORTY YEARS.THIS ONE REALLY PUZZLED MENOW THEY CLING TO PHOTO ALBUMMEMORIES OF THEIR LOSTTOGETHERNESS.WIEGLE SAYS NOTHING HE FOUND INHER BACKGROUND OR PROFILEJUSTIFIED AN ICE PICKUP.>> WE'RE JUST HERE TO GET ABETTER LIFE, TO WORK AND HAVEMONEY AND TRY TO BUILD A LIFEFOR OURSELVES.WE'RE NOT HERE TO HARM NOBODY.JOHN: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUTTHIS SYSTEM?>> I THINK IT CAN BE IMPROVED INMANY WAYS.JOHN: WE REACHED OUT TO ICETODAY FOR INFORMATION ABOUTKHOUDIEDIA'S CASE BUT HAVERECEIVED NO RESPONSE.WIEGLE SAYS HE HAS NO IDEA WHYSHE WAS DETAINED SO LONG, FROMAUGUST 11, 2015 TO THIS PASTWEEKEND, BEFORE BEING DEPORTED.THE KIDS SIMPLY WANT TO RAISE

Mother of 3 deported to Africa after 20 years in US

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Updated: 10:00 AM EST Mar 8, 2017

CINCINNATI —

After 20 years in America as a non-citizen, a mother of three has been deported to Africa.